Section 213Chapter XXIII
Right as executor or legatee when established
OF GIFTS IN CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH
(1)
No right as executor or legatee can be established in any Court of Justice, unless a Court of competent jurisdiction in Bangladesh has granted probate of the will under which the right is claimed, or has granted letters of administration with the will or with a copy of an authenticated copy of the will annexed.
(2)
This section shall not apply in the case of wills made by 12[Muslims], and shall only apply in the case of wills made by any Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina where such wills are of the classes specified in clauses
(a)
and
(b)
of section 57.